Moont Rainier
Appearance
Moont Rainier | |
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Moont Rainier as viewed frae the northeast. | |
Heichest pynt | |
Elevation | 14,411 ft (4,392 m) NGVD 29[1][2] |
Prominence | 13,211 ft (4,027 m) [3] Ranked 21st[4] |
Isolation | 1,177 kilometre (731 mi) |
Leetin | U.S. state heich pynt Ultra Decade Volcano |
Coordinates | 46°51′10″N 121°45′37″W / 46.8528857°N 121.7603744°WCoordinates: 46°51′10″N 121°45′37″W / 46.8528857°N 121.7603744°W [5] |
Geografie | |
State/Province | US-WA |
Parent range | Cascade Range |
Topo map | USGS Moont Rainier Wast |
Geology | |
Age o rock | 500,000 years |
Muntain teep | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
Last eruption | November tae December 1894[6] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1870 bi Hazard Stevens an P. B. Van Trump |
Easiest route | rock/ice climb via Disappointment Cleaver |
Moont Rainier (pronoonced: /reɪˈnɪər/) is the heicchest mountain o the Cascade Range o the Paceefic Northwast, an the heichest moontain in the state o Washington.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Hill, Craig (16 November 2006). "Taking the measure of a mountain". The News Tribune. Archived frae the original on 16 November 2006.
- ↑ Signani, PLS, Larry (19 Julie 2000). "The Height of Accuracy". Point of Beginning (trade magazine). BNP Media. Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
- ↑ "World Top 50 by Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ "Mount Rainier". Peakbagger.com.
- ↑ "Mount Rainier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ↑ "Rainier". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
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- Cascade Volcanoes
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- Unitit States Naitional Pairk heich pynts
- Moont Rainier Naitional Pairk
- Laundforms o Pierce Coonty, Washington
- Pleistocene volcanoes
- Heichest pynts o U.S. states
- North American 4000 m summits